Offered him asylum. Also ahead out of control bushfires now threaten australias largest city. And sport chinas National Football team looks abroad for how to how the country plans to naturalize more foreign players as they bid to qualify for and even the world cup. At least 4 people have been killed in renewed fighting over the israel gaza border following the assassination of a Palestinian Islamic jihad commander. And his wife were killed in an israeli airstrike on his home in gaza overnight israeli airstrikes have also hit apartment buildings and a hamas facility in gaza. Its really war planes have fired missiles towards damascus into the mazhar neighborhood to hit a house belonging to a jury another commander of Islamic Jihad its unclear whats happened to him but his son and granddaughter have been killed the Israeli Military says around 50 rockets have been fired from gaza prompting the closure of schools and some Transportation Services video released by the Roads Authority shows
A house belonging to another commander of Islamic Jihad its unclear what happened to him but his son and granddaughter have been killed while matheson has more now from west jerusalem the situation is very significant also because this is the 1st time since the end of the gaza war in 2014 that israel has used a targeted attack on such a senior figure it has carried out targeted attacks on other individuals but not at this level of seniority. Hong kong police have been firing tear gas and engaging in running battles with protesters across several parts of the city antigovernment demonstrators set up barricades paralyzing streets and public transport the hong kong leader kerry called the protest quote a very selfish act. A large area of eastern australia has been given one of the countrys most serious bushfire warnings the sydney region has been given a catastrophic danger level for the 1st time i winds and rising temperatures are fanning flames close to sydneys outskirts now thomas is a
Good friday morning. Welcome to squawk alley. Carl quintanilla with jon fortt at post nine of the New York Stock Exchange morgan has the morning off were going to start this morning with apple, with the companys latest slate of iphones hitting shelves this morning. Josh lipton is at the apple store in San Francisco where i think theyre just opening, right, josh . Reporter thats correct, carl were here at one of Apples Stores in San Francisco. Doors are just opening i will step out of the way so you can check it out three new iphones officially hitting shelves today, carl. Faster processor, longer lasting battery, better camera, the toughest glass in a smart phone, not just an iphone, but smart phone, period, according to the company. The big question for our audience, traders, investors, business people, did apple do enough to keep the iphone franchise stable over the next few quarters i checked in with mike olson he bets apple has done just that he is looking for iphone revenue to be
This is 45 minutes. Chairman pai, the chair is yours. Thank you, tina. All right. All right. Someone once said. Today was an exciting day for Technology Innovation at the fcc. We took significant steps to unleash the next generation of wireless connectivity, Broadband Networks and broadcasting. To advance the next generation 5g Wireless Services we voted to make another 1700 megahertz High Frequency spectrum available for terrestrial proximal wireless use. We also streamlined rules for wireless info structure deployment which will help in the way by the networks and services. To advance the next generation broadband we voted to expedite the transition from legacy Copper Network to modern fiber networks. Billions of dollars spent to maintain a fading Copper Network will be freed up to build a highspeed network of tomorrow and that will help bridge the digital divide. To advance the next generation broadcasting we authorized a new television standard on the voluntary marketdriven basis a
Old girl and how. Well can you watching out International Country life from moscow which just gone eleven in the morning. Our top story the leaders of muslim nations are calling on the International Community to recognize East Jerusalem as the palestinian capital the organization of islamic cooperation met in response to the u. S. President s heavily criticised move to recognize the city as israels capital. The us decision on jerusalem because of its great quietness the historical and come to the most. Important i want to point out to ignore some of the distortions. The united. States the solution to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel is a dangerous one it will threaten security and stability and frustrates efforts to resume the Peace Process the president is committed to this Peace Process as committed as he has ever been boy yes i mean every possible step must be taken to prevent the implementation of this illegal action by the u. S. Administration however there is one ques